A Case of Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Lacrimal Sac.

Moon, Nam Ju; Kim, Jae Chan; Song, Kye Yong

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1988;29(2):443-451.
Published online February 1, 1988.

A Case of Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Lacrimal Sac.

Nam Ju Moon, Jae Chan Kim, Kye Yong Song

¹Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Korea.
²Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Korea.

누낭에 발생한 Transitional cell carcinoma 1 예

문남주(Nam Ju Moon),김재찬(Jae Chan Kim),송계용(Kye Yong Song)

Abstract

Transitional cell carcinoma of the lacrimal sac is very rare and any case of this has not been reported in our country yet. The authors have experienced this very rare type of carcinoma recently in a 54 year old male patient. He noted a painful swelling, tenderness in the right lower medical canthal area, epiphora and mucopurulent discharge of the right eye for a one yroar period. The first attck came twelve years ago, and relapse and remission was repeated. He was diagnosed as chronic dacryocystitis as results of diagnostic work up, especially based on clinical history and X-ray findings, therefore conjuntivodacryorhinostomy and cystectomy were performed. Postoperative tissue biopsy confirmed that it was a transitional cell carcinoma. Because the patient refused the recommended lateral rhinostomy with mass excision he was given only radiotherapy of 6,480 rad. For 8 months of postoperative period, the recurrence of any symptoms showing carcinoma has not been noticed.